Lisa Madigan Quotes
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When I went to college, I was so focused on this new experience of my life that I really just pushed down all of my fears of hell and damnation.
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I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So I went back to school and got a degree in music and began working in musical theater.
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
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We want our students to graduate from high school, but we want them to graduate with a plan, whether it's college or career.
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I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
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One half who graduate from college never read another book.
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I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics.
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I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston.
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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
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I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
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I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
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There are a lot of guys who play in pro-style offenses who are not prepared when they come out of college. Either you're coaching the quarterback to be a quarterback, or you're not.
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I'm a psychologist. I was a psychology faculty member, and then I became an administrator of the department, then the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. At the time of the presidential search, I was the dean.
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I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.
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I went to a Canadian college for performing arts and then I auditioned for Canadian Idol. That honestly was my golden ticket.
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Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
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We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.
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Both of my parents had a change of career. My mum was a nurse, and now she's a college lecturer.
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Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked.
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I always just forced myself to do crazy things in public. In college I would push an overhead projector across campus with my pants just low enough to show my butt. Then my friend would incite the crowd to be like, 'Look at that idiot!' That's how I got over being shy.
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My first computer was a Commodore 64. I got it as a present from my mom when I was eight years old, and all I wanted to do with that computer was play games.
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I never really had male influences in my life. Steady, male influences. And that's what I wanna be for my family. As a musician, I definitely will attain everything that I set out to. I work very hard. But more important to me is that my family is taken care of.
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Accents are always difficult in their way, but as long as you're not throwing an audience off with it, then that's all it should be.
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Even if you can afford the price of college, you cannot afford a worthless degree.
